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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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During the previous year there were 43 notices served
and 38 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:—
| Restaurants, Hotels, &c. | 166 |
| Bakehouses (15 not in use as Bakeries) | 64 |
| Bootmakers | 55 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 53 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 97 |
| Laundries | 67 |
| Outworkers | 296 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 18 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 41 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 40 |
| Tailors | 54 |
| Builders, Carpenters and Joiners | 37 |
| Miscellaneous | 426 |
| Total | 1,414 |
The whole of these premises have been under a systematic
inspection by your Inspectors and numerous improvements
have been carried out under their supervision.
The following tables have been prepared in accordance
with the form prescribed by the Home Office on the Administration
of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, in connection
with Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 1,187 | 36 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 612 | 38 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this report) | 465 | 22 | — |
| Total | 1,264 | 96 | - |